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  1. joemck2004

    D-Link USB adaptor going too fast for signal strength

    Thanks for the reply. The low signal strength is due to distance. By moving the antenna around, I can usually get good to very good signal strength. I'm using channel 2, and there's another network on channel 1. However, there seems to be some weird interference here. When I use any channel...
  2. joemck2004

    D-Link USB adaptor going too fast for signal strength

    I have a D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G122 USB WiFi adaptor connecting to a Linksys WRT54G router. The signal strength is almost always low or very low on Windows XP's bar meter (around -80 dB in NetStumbler). When it first connects, the speed is around 5.5-18 Mbit and everything works fine. Often...
  3. joemck2004

    monitor question

    I think I've seen adaptors for this. I know you can't just plug it in directly unless the monitor also has a SVGA connector. You can see the pinouts here: http://www.acl.co.uk/pinouts.htm It looks like they're pretty similar, though I don't know about the voltages, and syncs might work...
  4. joemck2004

    Dual CPU doesn't boost the performance

    The "normal" Windows XP seems to be licensed only to use one CPU. You either have to buy a multiple CPU license from Micro$oft or use Linux instead.
  5. joemck2004

    internet cafe security problems

    My local science museum uses a program called SiteKiosk whenever they want to set up a restricted internet computer. The other option is Linspire WebStation. It's a very user-friendly Linux distro that runs from an internal CD-ROM instead of a hard disk. This means it's impossible for users...
  6. joemck2004

    System Restore with spyware infection

    What exactly have you tried? What spyware do you have? It's generally always possible to fix, though some are harder to remove than others.
  7. joemck2004

    Using 2 Soundcards..

    You shouldn't need anything special for that. Just set the default playback and recoding devices in Sounds and Audio Devices in Control Panel. Using this setup, you should be able to record through one card using one instance of SndRec while playing through the other card with another instance...
  8. joemck2004

    Laptop automatically shutting down?

    Definitely overheating. My firend has a laptop thaat shuts off when he tries to do much or for very long. It's a WinBook with WinME and he sent it back a couple times, but they eventually told him it's an "issue" with that model. Blowing out all vents should help. It probably won't be...
  9. joemck2004

    Using 2 Soundcards..

    It should work. On my laptop, I have the internal (on-board, but wired as if PCI) AC97 card and an external USB SoundBlaster. WinXP handles it perfectly! When the SoundBlaster is plugged in, it plays everything theough it. When it isn't, it uses the AC97. I set the SB as the default card...
  10. joemck2004

    Host File Virus or Worm?

    Have you tried running Spybot or AdAware on it?
  11. joemck2004

    Trouble copying CDs ( cd copy skipping )

    Try reducing the burn speed. I have a 24x drive and often when I try to burn a CD rated for 24x in it, it doesn't play right. Aside from that, you might try CloneCD.
  12. joemck2004

    Laptop Hard Drive Capacity Limit

    Some BIOSes only support HDs up to 2 GB. Partitioning won't help, since BIOS can't see beyond the 1st 2 gigs. Workaround: If you have a Western Digital hard disk that didn't come built-into a computer, it should have come with a floppy labeled "EZ-BIOS." Partition the disk with that and you...
  13. joemck2004

    harddisk.exe wont go away in processes menu

    Ack! It looks like that's part of the spyware program 1stBar. Delete all references to it and mnumubwm.exe in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunOnce HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run...
  14. joemck2004

    A 15pin adaptor maybee....hmmmmn?

    RadioShack has a MIDI gameport-to-USB adaptor. It supports almost all types of gamepad and joystick. Note: It DOESN'T work for MIDI, meaning you can't use it to connect your synth to your computer (the original putpose of that port). In the future, I recommend getting only USB controllers...
  15. joemck2004

    Dual Input for Speakers?

    I remember a setup I had once where I was using a splitter in reverse. I think it had one of the outputs as the input and a couple gender changers involved. Anyway, you don't need a switch, though you might get strange results if both inputs are playing at once. You could get two headphone...
  16. joemck2004

    Getting audio without speakers?

    I once saw a program that plays music through the PC speaker while using the floppy drive as accompanyment. It has a pre-programmed sequence of seeks to send the drive to generate different frequencies. Also, I've used a program that tests progressively larger hard disk seeks to measure seek...
  17. joemck2004

    Hard Drive Gone Corrupt on laptop..Have no floppy drive

    Obviously because it's a laptop, the drive won't fit into anything but a similar laptop. Head to www.knoppix.org and download the Knoppix ISO. It's a Linux distro that boots from CD without modifying the hard disk. It has tons of stuff, including FAT, FAT32 and NTFS drivers (the NTFS one is a...
  18. joemck2004

    Screen res - catch22

    Alt-space, M, then use the arrow keys to move the window back onto the screen.
  19. joemck2004

    Laptop to tv display

    Look in the advance properties in the settings tab of Display Properties. I have an nVidia card, so I go to the nView tab of Advanced Properties. There are options allowing one huge spanned desktop (virtical or horizontal), where the driver makes Windows think it's one huge monitor. Also, if...
  20. joemck2004

    XP OEM DELL

    OEM keys work only with OEM installations. They aren't in any way linked to the particular OEM. If what you have is indeed a Windows XP OEM install disc, any OEM key will work with it. There's a good chance, though, that what you have is a recovery disc. This will first verify that it's the...

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